Wednesday, 19 August 2015

BIGGEST POPULATION IN 2050: Nigeria will rank 4

New report released by Washington based Population Reference Bureau projects Nigeria, currently the seventh most populous country in the world, will rise to the fourth spot by 2050.Nigeria's population is expected to be 397 million by 2050.
Three out of the top 10 most populous countries in 2050 will be in Africa.

The numbers also show that China, with 1.3 billion people now, will be leapfrogged by India as the most populous country in the world by 2022.

The bureau's annual population Data Sheet sees the global population ballooning by 2.5 billion to 9.8 billion by 2050.